J. C. Batzner is a composer primarily of electronic music and is a currently on the faculty of

Central Michigan University Central Michigan University (CMU) is a public research university in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Established in 1892 as the Central Michigan Normal School and Business Institute, the private normal school became a state institution and renamed Cen ...

. Jay Batzner is also the programming director for

Electronic Music Midwest Electronic Music Midwest (EMM) is a festival of new electroacoustic music. History EMM is the result of a consortium formed between Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC), Lewis University, and the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Thi ...

He ran a daily podcast about miniatures He wrote the music for Carla Poindexter's ''Carnival Daring Do'' His 10-minute opera ''Secrets & Waffles'' debuted in

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhatta ...

with the

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's '' Opera Shorts'' in 2010. Batzner's work was also part of several

60x60 60x60 is a collection of 60 electroacoustic or acousmatic works from 60 different composers/artists, each work 60 seconds or less in duration. 60x60 project showcases sixty new works, each sixty seconds or less, by sixty composers in a continuous ...

mixes including the Sanguine Mix, Order of Magnitude Mix, 2009 International Mix, Evolution Mix (part I), 2005 Midwest Mix. In 2012, Jay Batzner brought 60x60 Dance with his colleague Heather Trommer-Beardslee to

Discography

*''Quills and Jacks of Outrageous Fortune'' 60x60 2005 CD Vox Novus *Sonance: New Music for Piano

References

External links

Jay Batzner's Homepage

at

Vox Novus Vox Novus is a New York City-based organization consisting of composers, musicians, and music enthusiasts which presents and supports new music. Vox Novus was founded by Robert Voisey to promote contemporary composers in 2000. This organization ...

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